Len Hutton
Leonard Hutton
Born: 23 June 1916, Fulneck, Pudsey, Yorkshire
Died: 6 September 1990, Norbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
Major Teams: Yorkshire, England.
Known As: Len Hutton
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break
Test Debut: England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, 1937
Last Test: England v New Zealand at Auckland, 2nd Test, 1954/55
Knighted for services to cricket 1956
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1938
First class runs of 40,140 is 14th on all time list, made in 814
innings (all above him in the list have at least 1000 innings).
First professional captain of England
Never lost a test series as captain (5 series)
His last test was v New Zealand, March, 1955, in which New
Zealand were dismissed for 28 in their second innings (lowest
test total ever).
Made 3rd highest test score ever, during which a number of
records were broken. This was:-
364 vs Australia at the Oval, 1938. The longest 1st class
innings in England (13hrs 17 minutes). Most runs during a
batsman's stay at the wicket (770 in 797 minutes). Shared
partnerships of 382 for 2nd wicket with Leyland (English test
record), 135 for 3rd with Hammond, and 215 for 6th with
Hardstaff.
359 for 1st wicket with Washbrook vs South Africa, 1948-9 is
England test record.
Twice made 3 figure partnerships in each innings with Washbrook
vs Australia.
100 hundreds in only 619 innings (only Compton and Bradman
better).
Averaged a century every 6.3 innings (only Bradman better
amongst those who have scored 100 hundreds).
1 300, 11 double centuries (four in tests).
Only man to be out obstructing the field in tests, vs South
Africa, 1951, at the Oval.
Leading scorer in English cricket, 1948, 49 and 52. In 1949 made
3429 runs at 68.8, 4th best all time.
Carried his bat twice in tests (202* out of 344 vs West Indies,
the Oval, 1950; 156* out of 272 vs Australia, Adelaide, 1950-51.
Tours:- Australia 1946-7, 1950-1, 1954-5 South Africa 1938-9,
1948-9 West Indies 1947-8, 1953-4 New Zealand 1951, 1955
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 79 138 15 6971 364 56.67 19 33 57 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 260 4 232 3 77.33 1-2 0 0 86.6 5.35
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1934 - 1955)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 513 814 91 40140 364 55.51 129 177 400 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 9774 5106 173 29.51 6-76 4 1 56.4 3.13
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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One of the trio of great Yorkshire openers who each made 100
centuries. A fine bat, a powerful driver with excellent defence.
many described his batting as technically ideal. He lost years
of cricket, plus part of his right arm to the second world war,
yet was a dominant force in the England batting line up in the
immediate post war years. It was suggested that if Hutton had
the physical strength of Compton in 1947, he would have
surpassed even Compton's aggregate. The first professional
captain of England, and arguably the most sucessful, never
losing a test series, and both winning (for the first time in 20
years) and defending the Ashes. He started his test career with
0 and 1 vs New Zealand at Lords in 1937 (and also made a duck on
his 1st class debut), but established himself in the England
side with a hundred later in the series. He was a fixture until
he chose to leave Test cricket in 1955. His leg spin bowling was
useful at times, and it has been suggested that Yardley should
have persisted with him when Bradman and Morris were on course
to make most of the 404 runs needed to beat England at Leeds in
1948. He was a good fielder, particularly at short leg.
(Dave Liverman, Jan 1998)
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